Minn. R. agency 160, ch. 6400, CONTINUING EDUCATION, pt. 6400.6850 - NUMBER OF CE CREDITS FOR ACTIVITIES
Acceptable activities to meet continuing education requirements for license renewal and the number of CE credits that licensees may obtain for each are described in items A to K.
A. A licensee who attends board-approved
seminars, webinars, institutes, or workshops shall receive CE credit on a
clock-hour basis for the actual amount of time spent in the seminar rounded to
the nearest lower one-quarter hour. To verify clock hours of attendance at
seminars, institutes, or workshops, a licensee must maintain an attendance
certificate provided by the sponsoring organization.
B. A licensee who completes board-approved
home study courses, including correspondence work, televised courses, and audio
or video tapes, shall receive CE credit for the number of clock hours
reasonably required to complete the home study course as determined by the
board. To verify completion of the course, the licensee must maintain a
certificate of course completion from the sponsor which must include evidence
of successful completion of a test corrected by the sponsor to ascertain
attainment of the knowledge conveyed in the course.
C. A licensee who attends seminars, webinars,
institutes, or workshops, or completes home study courses approved by the
NAB/National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS), shall receive CE
credit on the basis of clock hours assigned by NAB/NCERS. To verify clock hours
of attendance at NAB approved seminars, institutes, or workshops, or completion
of NAB approved home study courses, the licensee must maintain a certificate
provided by the NAB approved sponsor.
D. A licensee who attends, in another state,
seminars, webinars, institutes, or workshops approved by the nursing home
administrator or health services executive licensing authority of the other
state shall receive CE credit on the basis of the number of clock hours
attended. To verify clock hours of attendance at seminars, institutes, or
workshops approved by another state licensing authority, the licensee must
maintain a certificate of attendance from the sponsor including verification of
the approval from the state licensing authority.
E. A licensee who completes academic courses
applicable to the domains of practice taken at an accredited postsecondary
institution shall receive nine CE credits per quarter credit and 12 CE credits
per semester credit. To verify completion of academic courses the licensee must
maintain a copy of an academic transcript showing the course grade and date it
was awarded.
F. A licensee who
writes an article on a topic related to long-term care that is published in a
national periodical shall receive two CE credits for an article of 500 to 1,000
words and one additional CE credit for each additional 500 words to a maximum
of ten credits per year. To verify publication the licensee must maintain a
copy of the periodical containing the published article.
G. A licensee who presents a paper or lecture
on a topic related to long-term services and supports of at least one hour at a
national or statewide meeting shall receive two CE credits per one hour of
initially presented lectures and one CE credit per hour of lectures repeating
previously presented material to a maximum of ten CE credits per year. To
verify the presentation, the licensee must maintain a copy of the text of the
information delivered and a copy of the program for the conference or workshop
at which the paper or lecture was delivered.
H. A licensee who delivers a lecture on a
topic related to long-term services and supports of at least one hour at an
academic institution or through a course provider shall receive two CE credits
per one hour of initially presented lectures and one CE credit per hour of
lectures repeating previously developed material to a maximum of ten CE credits
per year. To verify lecture delivery, the licensee shall maintain corroboration
from the participating academic institution.
I. A licensee who serves as a member of a
board, committee, council, or work group which includes members from several
nursing facilities or organizations and deals primarily with issues in nursing
facility operation or long-term care shall receive CE credit per membership
position held provided the group meets at least quarterly or for at least four
hours of work in a year to a maximum of six CE credits per year for all
membership positions combined. Where the licensee verifies that the licensee's
participation on a single board, committee, council, or work group exceeded the
minimum specified for a single CE credit by double the amount of hours of
attendance, the licensee shall receive two CE credits per membership position
to a maximum of six CE credits per year for all membership positions combined.
To verify board, committee, council, or work group participation the licensee
must maintain written verification of membership and attendance from an officer
of the group and must provide the learning objectives of the meeting.
J. A licensee who serves as a
preceptor for a student's nursing facility administration practicum shall
receive two CE credits per month spent serving as a preceptor to a maximum of
16 CE credits per year. To verify preceptor service the licensee must maintain
corroboration of service from the participating academic institution. A
licensee who attends training sessions to prepare administrators to be
preceptors shall receive CE credit on the same clock-hour basis as for
seminars, institutes, and workshops under item A.
K. Other continuing education activities not
specified in items A to J may be approved for up to ten CE credits per year on
an individual basis upon submission of information to the board concerning the
activity in which the licensee has engaged, the results of the learning, the
number of hours involved, the number of CE credits requested, and some means of
verifying completion of the activity. The board shall consider the information
submitted and determine whether to approve the activity and, if so, what number
of CE credits to award for the activity and shall notify the requesting
licensee of the board's determination. In making its determination, the board
shall consider whether the activity contributed to the advancement and
extension of professional skill and knowledge of the licensee in matters
related to the practice of nursing facility administration.
Notes
Statutory Authority: MS s 16A.1285; 144A.21; 144A.24; 214.06
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